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To RH Milroy From Mary Milroy Sept 24 1862

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Rensselaer, Jasper, Ind,
Sept 24th 1862
My Dear Robert
I have been aiming to
write to you for some days, but my girl
has been gone since Saturday, until last
evening, and I have so unwell that by the
time I got through home duties, I felt so unable
to write that I postponed it from day to day.
I allowed Ben to hire a month to G. McCoy
our farmers need help so much , and so
many are wanting him I consented to
let him go, but when he gets through there I
will try and keep him so that I can have his
help mornings and evenings. He wants to keep
our house his home, and appears to feel very
greatful that he has so good a home to come
to, when he got scard out of Ky. he feels consi-
derable more interest in our affairs than he
did before he went to war
Sep 25th. I quit writing yesterday to attend our
Soldiers Aid Society. I did not feel well enough
to go but our Society has had a rather sickly
existence for some time that I thot I better go.

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Rensselaer, Jasper, Ind,
Sept 24th 1862
My Dear Robert
I have been aiming to
write to you for some days, but my girl
has been gone since Saturday, until last
evening, and I have so unwell that by the
time I got through home duties, I felt so unable
to write that I postponed it from day to day.
I allowed Ben to hire a month to G. McCoy
our farmers need help so much , and so
many are wanting him I consented to
let him go, but when he gets through there I
will try and keep him so that I can have his
help mornings and evenings. He wants to keep
our house his home, and appears to feel very
greatful that he has so good a home to come
to, when he got scard out of Ky. he feels consi-
derable more interest in our affairs than he
did before he went to war
Sep 25th. I quit writing yesterday to attend our
Soldiers Aid Society. I did not feel well enough
to go but our Society has had a rather sickly
existence for some time that I thot I better go.

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.